(2020-01-10). Reclaiming the Narrative: How to Combat Israel's Misuse of "Antisemitism" mintpressnews.com 
While anti-Jewish racism is a real phenomenon that must be confronted, but "antisemitism, as defined by Israel, is a smokescreen with the ultimate aim of distracting from the real conversation: the crimes of military occupation, racism, and apartheid in Palestine.
(2020-01-10). Pelosi: House Moving to Send Impeachment to Senate Next Week. truthdig.com 
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday the House will take steps next week to send articles of impeachment to the Senate ending Democrats' blockade of President Donald Trump's Senate trial. | In a letter to her Democratic colleagues, Pelosi said she was proud of their "courage and patriotism" and warned that senators now have a choice as they consider the charges of abuse and obstruction against the president. | "In an impeachment trial, every Senator takes an oath to do 'impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws," Pelosi wrote. "Every Senator now faces a choice: to be loyal to t…
(2020-01-10). Risky pitch? Labour leadership hopeful calls for 'referendum' on British Royal family (VIDEO). rt.com 
Clive Lewis — the Labour politician bidding to become Jeremy Corbyn's successor — has suggested as part of his leadership pitch, that the British people should decide the future of the Royal family in a referendum. | Following his speech in Brixton on Friday, the Norwich South MP was asked by a reporter to give his views on the state of the monarchy, with regards to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's recent decision to "step back" from senior royal duties. | Lewis said that he respected the couple's decision due to the press treatment that they have received, along with "the racism that Megan has exp…
(2020-01-10). India's top court orders review of all restrictions in Kashmir. rt.com 
India's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the government to review all restrictions, including the suspension of internet service, in Indian-controlled Kashmir within a week. | Defense attorney Vrinda Grover said the top court also directed the Indian government to make public all orders imposing a lockdown in Kashmir in August after the constitution's Article 370 granting Kashmir special status was revoked, AP said. | The court reportedly held that the internet shutdown impacted the freedom of press, which is part of freedom of speech and expression. | Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government ended Muslim-majo…
(2020-01-10). Bollywood megastar Deepika Padukone's support visit to protest hotbed JNU taps into raging politics for fail-safe publicity. rt.com 
Deepika Padukone, Bollywood superstar and India's highest-paid female actor, became a trending Twitter topic this week, after a strategic visit to Jawaharlal Nehru University — a center of ongoing anti-government protests. | In India's volatile political climate where a huge debate ensued, and protests are raging over a new 'anti-Muslim' citizenship law, Padukone added fuel to fire by stepping into the premises of the university in New Delhi, which has become a "symbol of resistance" against an allegedly "fascist government," to express solidarity with the protesting students. Padukone, whose latest film…
(2020-01-10). The continuing ordeal of Ahmad Zahran. peoplesdispatch.org An Israeli court refused to release Palestinian administrative detainee Ahmad Zahran who has been on hunger strike for 109 days. The court said that an investigation into his release could not be conducted until he withdrew his protest…
(2020-01-10). Activists Reclaimed a Water Source for Palestinians, Showing Co-Resistance Works. truthout.org Recently, nonviolent Palestinian activist Kifah Adara drew water from the Ein Albeida spring near her West Bank village of Al-Tuwani for the first time in 15 years. The spring is a natural water source that was used by Palestinian communities in the region for generations, but a decade and a half ago, nearby Israeli settlers started swimming in the spring, which dirtied the water and made it unsuitable for drinking. For years, due to settler violence and intimidation tactics, Palestinians…
(2020-01-10). This Is What It Means to Spend a Life Resisting Israeli Injustice. thenation.com This Is What It Means to Spend a Life Resisting Israeli Injustice…
(2020-01-10). Israel Again Bombs The PMU, Rockets Fired In Iraq, 737 Misinfo & Congress Warned Not To Discuss Iran. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/9/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
(2020-01-10). Israel Accused of Striking Pro-Iran Militia's Depots in Syria – Reports. sputniknews.com The raid reportedly occurred while the Iraqi Hashed al-Shaabi were heading to the Lebanese Hezbollah militias, carrying a batch of ballistic missiles.
(2020-01-10). Project 1619 and Its Detractors. counterpunch.org Last August, the New York Times Sunday Magazine devoted an entire issue to Project 1619, an attempt to root today's racism in the institution of slavery dating back to the seventeenth century. In 1619, British colonists in Point Comfort, Virginia bought twenty African slaves from Portuguese traders who had landed there, fresh from a body-snatching More
(2020-01-10). Why Are There So Few Black Coaches in the NFL? It's the Racism, Stupid. thenation.com Why Are There So Few Black Coaches in the NFL? It's the Racism, Stupid.
(2020-01-10). Iran Will Make Huge Political Gains From This Crisis. counterpunch.org The Iranian missile attack on two US bases in Iraq is symbolic retaliation for the US assassination of General Qassem Soleimani on 3 January. Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei said there would be direct action against the US by the Iranian armed forces, and this has now happened. The message is that the Iranian leadership More
(2020-01-10). On the Issue of "Electability" counterpunch.org The hardcore Trump base is vile in many of the ways that bona fide fascists were, and as is Trump himself. Even so, calling it "fascist," though tempting, inasmuch as the word is still a term of abuse, is ahistorical and misleading. "Rightwing nationalist" or "rightwing populist" are more exact and to the point. Unlike true fascists, Trump's supporters have no coherent ideology, only a vague attachment to white supremacism, and they have no organizational structure other than the Republican Party itself. More
(2020-01-10). India: Mass outrage over Hindu supremacists' violent assault on JNU students. wsws.org All the circumstances surrounding the attack point to it having been carried out with the connivance, if not at the behest, of the Narendra Modi-led BJP government.
(2020-01-10). Once a Political Force, Richard Spencer and National Policy Institute Go Quiet. splcenter.org An "alt-right" think tank run by one of the country's most prominent white nationalists has mysteriously gone quiet and appears to be in disarray.
(2020-01-10). Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower: Facebook Allows Racist, Sexist Political Ads. truthout.org A longtime Facebook executive has admitted the company's platform helped Donald Trump win the 2016 election, and it may happen again this year. In an internal memo, Facebook Vice President Andrew Bosworth wrote, "So was Facebook responsible for Donald Trump getting elected? I think the answer is yes." Bosworth, who was a backer of Hillary Clinton in 2016, went on to write that the company should not change its policies in an effort to hurt Trump's re-election chances. In his memo, Bosworth r…
(2020-01-10). Bandera supporters march in major Ukrainian cities after government names Nazi collaborators "national heroes" wsws.org The glorification of notorious anti-Semites and Nazi collaborators by the Ukrainian government is met with complicit silence by its imperialist backers.
(2020-01-10). 'Harvard has the money to pay us livable wages'. zcomm.org Harvard graduate students are on strike demanding fairer wages, adequate healthcare, and protections from discrimination…
(2020-01-09). International Criminal Court Prepares to Try Israelis over War Crimes. therealnews.com 
Shawan Jabarin of the Al-Haq human rights organization discusses the International Criminal Court decision to prepare a lawsuit against the state of Israel regarding war crimes committed against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israeli authorities are already panicking.
(2020-01-09). Capitalism needs racism: A response to the NYT 1619 Project. peoplesworld.org 
In her report on the U.S. financial system and racial slavery for the New York Times 1619 Project, international finance expert Mehrsa Baradaran hints at the relationship between racial slavery and the development of finance capitalism in the U.S. The 1619 Project is "a major initiative of the New York Times," launched last summer to mark the …
(2020-01-09). Iraqis to the United States: What Part of "Go Home" Don't You Understand? mintpressnews.com 
Iranian forces launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against two military bases housing US troops in Iraq early hours of Wednesday morning. The al-Assad airbase in western Iraq was hit by 17 missiles, and 5 targeted at a base in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil. No US casualties were immediately reported. | Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called the attack a "slap in the face" of the US, and observers seem to question whether the attack was designed to kill or inflict casualties, or was it carefully orchestrated to produce closure to a situation which could have escalated into a regional or…
(2020-01-09). Unions, civil rights groups join mass NYC march against anti-Semitism. peoplesworld.org 
NEW YORK (PAI)—The Teachers, AFSCME members, and the Jewish Labor Committee teamed up with civil rights groups and a raft of Jewish organizations to lead a mass march on Jan. 5 in New York against anti-Semitism. At least 25,000 people turned out to march from Foley Square in downtown Manhattan over the Brooklyn Bridge, to …
(2020-01-09). PPS: Israeli Forces Arrest Fifteen Palestinians Including Mother of Prisoner. imemc.org Israeli forces detained fifteen Palestinians, on Wednesday, from across the West Bank, including a woman from occupied Jerusalem and a senior member of Fatah movement, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. A statement released by the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) said that Israeli forces detained Sana Rajabi, from …
(2020-01-09). Israeli Bar Association Revokes License of Palestinian Lawyer. imemc.org On Tuesday, the family of Palestinian lawyer, Tareq Barghouth, 44, received a decision to withdraw his license to practice the profession, Quds News Network reported. The decision was issued by the Israeli Bar Association, which requires the withdrawal of the license to practice law from Barghouth, on the pretext that …
(2020-01-09). Updated: "Soldiers Abduct Eight Palestinians, Including One Child, In West Bank" imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, at least eight Palestinians, including one child and two former political prisoners, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported. The PPS said the soldiers invaded and ransacked dozens of homes across the …
(2020-01-09). "Rwanda, the Truth About Operation Turquoise: When the Archives Speak" globalresearch.ca In France, it is difficult to speak about certain subjects without unleashing the guard dogs of correct thought and dominant ideology. The sensitive dossiers are well-known: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the civil-global war in Syria, and the Rwandan genocides. Even to …
(2020-01-09). Israeli Soldiers Dismantle A Shed Near Ramallah. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, Ras Karkar village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and dismantled a Palestinian shed, before confiscating it. Radi Abu Fkheitha, the head of Ras Karkar village Council, told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) that the soldiers dismantled the 30 square/meter shed, …
(2020-01-09). Palestinian Prisoner Continues to Suffer Torture in Israeli Prison. imemc.org The Committee of Prisoners and Former Prisoners Affairs said that Samer Arbid, 44, from Ramallah suffers from signs of extreme torture, to which he was subjected during interrogation in Israeli jails, Quds News Network reported. The committee said in a statement on Wednesday that Arbid is held now in the …
(2020-01-09). Israel Forms Committee To Boost Colonialist Activities In Occupied West Bank. imemc.org Israeli Defense Minister, Neftali Bennet, has formed a special committee tasked with boosting and strengthening the colonialist activities on Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli daily Haaretz has reported that Naftali's "Task Force" aims at legalizing the colonialist outposts, which were built on Palestinian …
(2020-01-09). Racism and the Origins of the United States of America, "The Joker" and the End of White Supremacy. globalresearch.ca ´At its root, capitalism not only meant slavery and white supremacy but also the ethos of the gangster. ª Gerald Horne | The film 'Joker' presents a contemporary phenomenon present in several countries, but which can only be understood in its …
(2020-01-09). Iran's Hero has Fallen and Now the World is an Even More Dangerous Place. dissidentvoice.org They say he came from a humble background, and worked himself up the ranks, becoming, as many believe, the second most powerful man in Iran. They say he had the chance to become the next Supreme Leader of the country. Whenever I visit Iran, I am told how much he is loved by his people. …
(2020-01-09). Augustus Invictus Charged With Kidnapping, Domestic Violence in South Carolina. splcenter.org "Alt-right" figure Augustus Sol Invictus was denied bond Thursday for charges of kidnapping, domestic violence and possession of a weapon during a crime of violence.
(2020-01-08). Justice at Last? Panic in Israel as the ICC Takes Momentous Step in the Right Direction. mintpressnews.com 
The high level of these ICC investigations places the legal push against Israel at a whole new level. This is uncharted territory for Israel, the United States, Palestine, the ICC and the international community as a whole.
(2020-01-08). Juan Cole: U.S.-Iran Conflict Enters Unprecedented Territory with Assassinations & Military Attacks. democracynow.org 
Iran's retaliatory missile strikes on bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops, following the U.S. assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, have dramatically raised tensions in the Middle East. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei called the missile strike a "slap in the face" of the Americans and called for U.S. troops to leave the Middle East. The Iranian missile strikes come just days after the Iraqi Parliament voted to expel all foreign military forces from Iraq. We speak with Juan Cole, professor of history at the University of Michigan.
(2020-01-08). A View from Tehran: Iranian Professor Condemns U.S. Aggression & Warns U.S.-Backed Gulf States. democracynow.org 
Iranian forces fired 22 ballistic missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq early Wednesday in what Iran described as "fierce revenge" for the U.S. assassination of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike last week at the Baghdad airport. The Iranian missiles targeted the Al Asad Airbase in Anbar province and a base in Erbil. There were no initial reports of U.S. or Iraqi casualties. Shortly after the attacks, Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeted, "We do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any aggression." Earlier today, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali…
(2020-01-08). Bit by bit Israel aims to squeeze out the Palestinian Christians. dissidentvoice.org Gaza's minuscule community of Christians will spend this Christmas feeling even more under siege than normal. The Israeli military authorities have denied the vast majority of the enclave's 1,100 Christians a permit to exit the Palestinian territory for the holiday season. Unlike previous years, none will be allowed to join relatives in Bethlehem, Jerusalem or …
(2020-01-08). Israel announces new illegal settlements in occupied Palestinian territory. peoplesdispatch.org Israel plans to construct close to 2,000 more settler housing units in occupied Palestinian territories, in contravention of international law. Currently, more than 650,000 illegal Israeli settlers live in these settlements…
(2020-01-08). Jordan FM Warns of Consequences of Israel's Continued Violations Against Al-Aqsa. imemc.org The Palestinian News and Info Agency reported that Jordan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned, on Tuesday evening, the Israeli police attacks on Muslim worshipers inside the sacred Al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site. The ministry's spokesperson, Ambassador Daifallah al-Fayez, rejected and condemned, in a statement, the Israeli …
(2020-01-08). "Panic" in Israel as the ICC Takes "Momentous Step" in the Right Direction. dissidentvoice.org At long last, Fatou Bensouda, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has uttered the long-anticipated conclusion that "all the statutory criteria under the Rome statute for the opening of an investigation (into alleged war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories) have been met". Bensouda's verdict has been in the making for a …
(2020-01-08). Jerusalem Governor Summoned For Interrogation. imemc.org Israeli occupation police, on Tuesday, raided the home of Jerusalem's governor, Adnan Ghaith, in the occupied Jerusalem town of Silwan, and served his family a summon for Ghaith to appear before Israeli intelligence. Ghaith has been detained at least 13 times since he assumed the office of Jerusalem governor and …
(2020-01-08). Jordan Denounces Israeli Decision To Build 1936 Colonialist Units In West Bank. imemc.org The Jordanian government denounced, Wednesday, the Israeli decision to build additional 1936 units in its illegal colonies in the occupied West Bank. Ambassador Daifallah al-Fayez, the spokesperson of the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, said that all of Israel's colonies are illegal as they also constitute a serious …
(2020-01-08). Antisemitism has been used to smear the Left, while the Right targets Jews. dissidentvoice.org The year ended with two terrible setbacks for those seeking justice for the Palestinian people. One was the defeat in the British election of Jeremy Corbyn — a European leader with a unique record of solidarity with Palestinians. He had suffered four years of constant media abuse, recasting his activism as evidence of antisemitism. The …
(2020-01-08). After a String of Antisemitic Attacks, a Choice Confronts all Jews. progressive.org A surge of antisemitism has left us wondering where we can turn, to induce the feeling that rather than exercising solidarity, we should turn inward.
(2020-01-08). Retaliatory attack by Iran heightens tensions with the US. peoplesdispatch.org Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei has called the move a "slap in the face for US" and has demanded the end of US presence in the region…
(2020-01-08). Confederate Monuments in Texas Can Stay Down, Court Rules. splcenter.org In the latest skirmish related to the Civil War, the Confederacy lost twice.
(2020-01-08). In What May be the Largest Strike in World History, Millions in India Protest PM Modi's Policies. mintpressnews.com An estimated quarter of a billion workers in India went on strike today, protesting the government of Narendra Modi's racist and "anti-people," "anti-worker" policies.
(2020-01-08). Tory government blocks bid to enshrine child refugee rights in Brexit agreement. thecanary.co MPs have voted down proposals to enshrine protections for child refugees as part of the government's Brexit agreement. | Following his election victory, Boris Johnson re-drafted his European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill and rowed back on the previous government's acceptance of an amendment from Labour peer Lord Dubs to allow unaccompanied child refugees to continue to be reunited with their families in the UK after exit day. Dubs had fled from the Nazis on the Kindertransport to Britain when he was aged six. | Welcome to the UK in 2020, where Parliament just voted by a large majority to remove protections fo…
(2020-01-07). Cleveland activists rally against U.S. attack on Iran. fightbacknews.org Cleveland, OH – Anti-war activists took to Market Square in Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday, January 4, at noon to denounce U.S. imperialism and aggression towards Iran following the murder of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani by the Trump regime. | Chanting slogans of "1, 2, 3, 4, we don't want your racist war! 5, 6, 7, 8, stop the killings, stop the hate!" and "We are people, we want peace! U.S. out of Middle East!" around 100 protesters rallied as prepared speeches were given by representatives from the Workers World Party, Cleveland State University's Middle East and Northern Africa student group, Pe…
(2020-01-06). An Act of Cowardice: US Assassination of Soleimani Puts US-Israeli Fear of Iran on Full Display. mintpressnews.com 
Neither Israel or the US is prepared for an all out war with Iran, "hit and run" seems to be the tactic of choice. Hit Iranian targets in Syria or Iraq, and then run.